Travel issues intensified at airports across the United States on Nov. 2 with one of the nation’s largest airports experiencing serious staffing issues that were expected to cause a domino effect of problems across the New York City area.
Newark Liberty International Airport—located 16 miles outside of the New York City borough of Manhattan—had ground delays of more than three and a half hours on Sunday due to staffing shortages and warned that travel will get “worse” throughout the evening, according to an advisory on the Federal Aviation Administration’s website.
“Arrivals are being limited to as few as 20 planes per hour through this afternoon, with higher rates later tonight,” the New York City Emergency Management Department stated on X….